Reinsurance
Global Insured Natural Catastrophe/Disaster Losses Hit $23B in H1: Swiss Re
Global insured losses from natural catastrophes and man-made disasters in the first half of 2017 totaled $23 billion, while economic losses during the same period came to $44 billion – an ...
Three Potential Atlantic Storms Are Brewing, Thanks to Warm Ocean Temps
Not one, but three potential storms threaten to usher in the busiest phase of the Atlantic hurricane season later this month, courtesy of warm ocean temperatures. The season -- which runs from June ...
U.S. Mortgage Reinsurance Remains a P/C Bright Spot: Standard & Poor’s
While business conditions in traditional property/casualty reinsurance areas continue to deteriorate, U.S. mortgage reinsurance apparently remains a bright spot, due to government mandates and other ...
Munich Re, Swiss Re, Hannover Re, SCOR Are Keeping Pricing Discipline in Tough Market: Fitch
The four largest European reinsurers – Munich Re, Swiss Re, Hannover Re and SCOR – have largely maintained pricing and policy terms without a significant drop in their business volumes, despite ...
Executives On The Move at AmTrust and Greenlight Capital Re
AmTrust has a new chief information officer, an executive chosen from within the company. Greenlight Capital Re hired an outside executive to fill the newly created position of chief operating ...
Trump Rescinds Previous Public Works Order Covering Climate Change, Flood risks
President Donald Trump signed an executive order Tuesday that's designed to streamline the approval process for building roads, bridges and other infrastructure by establishing "one federal decision" ...
Britain Wants Brexit Talks With EU to Begin Next Phase
Britain said on Sunday that it wants talks with the EU to move on to the next phase, as it set out details of the future relationship it envisages with the bloc and senior ministers presented a ...
Reinsurers Now Much More Likely to Report Natural Disaster-Related Underwriting Loss: S&P
Things could get rougher for global reinsurers if annual natural catastrophe claims keep moving closer to the long-term average, Standard & Poor's said in a new report. It turns out that upward ...